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Seismic upgrades needed
for Vancouver schools
come with a hefty price tag,
according to a new draft report provided to the Vancouver School Board.
The comprehensive assessment, provided by Coriolis Consulting to the
education board’s planning
and facilities committee,
shows there are currently
48 vulnerable schools that
still have structures that are
at risk of “widespread damage or structural failure”
should an earthquake oc-

cur. This also means these
buildings may not be salvageable or used as shelters
post-disaster.
The assessment also details three options for each
school and the estimated
costs to seismically upgrade, renovate, or replace
the at-risk schools.
“We need safe schools
for our staff, students and
the community for post-disaster,” said Allan Wong,
chair of the planning and
facilities committee. “We
need to spend a lot of money just to maintain. So
while we maintain … (we
should) do the seismic upgrade at the same time be-

Improvements far from cheap

“We hope (this report) will help (the
province), as well as us, to go to the
Treasury Board to argue the case for the
funding for seismic upgrading of all our
schools.” ALLAN WONG, VSB PLANNING AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE
cause this has been overlooked for many years because of the lack of funding
for maintenance for our
schools. We really have to
push forward and bring it
back to an acceptable level.”
The total cost of seismiconly upgrades is estimated
at $618 million, while a
complete facility upgrade
for all the district’s schools
could run up to $1.1 billion.

If only the seismically atrisk schools are to be replaced, it would cost $858
million.
The report notes these
costs are preliminary and
could change in the future.
A plan to partially replace Kitsilano Secondary,
which awaits approval
from the Ministry of Education, would bring the number of seismically upgraded
or replaced schools to 34

once it’s completed.
The VSB is currently
working on three submissions for ministry approval
including replacement of
Gordon elementary, partial
replacement of Queen
Mary secondary and seismic-only
upgrades
to
Strathcona elementary.
Education
Minister
George Abbott said the
province is working with
the VSB and the Association
of Professional Engineers
and Geoscientists of B.C. on
how best to proceed with
the city’s seismic-mitigation program in an “efficient,
timely
and
cost-effective” manner.

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A Vancouver mayoral candidate wants to expand St.
Paul’s Hospital by lifting
height restrictions on the
century-old facility.
“This hospital here has
been an anchor in the West
End for 100 years,” said
Coun. Suzanne Anton at a
press conference yesterday.

“The hospital will always stay here. ...
But will it be allowed to remain the key
centre of excellence that it is now?”
COUN. SUZANNE ANTON

“As mayor I will do
everything in my power to
keep it here. Lifting those
artificial height restrictions
will give St. Paul’s the flexibility to redevelop on its
own site.”
The hospital is currently
limited to 11 floors, even

though it is surrounded by
the tallest buildings in the
city.
Ensuring the hospital
stays at its current site will
allow it to expand faster
and save millions of dollars
at the same time, explained
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A drug trial for a member
of B.C.’s notorious Bacon
family began in Vancouver
yesterday with the defence
challenging a Crown witness.
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with another man, is
charged with conspiracy to
traffic cocaine after the
two were targeted in an
undercover police opera-

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a murder charge in the
deaths of six people in a
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Vancouverites shift
riot blame on city
and police: Poll
More people are blaming
the city and police for the
Stanley Cup riots than they
did in the days that followed
it, according to a new poll.
A telephone survey of
400 respondents in Vancouver by NRG Research Group
and Peak Communicators
found an increase in blame
on the City of Vancouver
and the Vancouver Police
Department. The same
questions were asked on a
survey they conducted a
week after the Vancouver
Canucks’ Game 7 loss.
“In terms of the 10 factors we tested ... the rank
order was actually the
same,” NRG’s Tim Chan
said. “People feel committed agitators and alcohol
continue to be the top
groups that residents feel
most responsible for the riots, but there were significant increases on the city

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and the police.”
The VPD’s rating for responsibility went up to 5.1
from 4.4, while the city’s
climbed up to 5.7 from 4.9
The responsibility rating
of “curious onlookers who
did not leave when trouble
started” was the only one
that saw a decrease to 5.8
from 6.1.
Respondents
weren’t
given an opportunity to
give their reasons why they
felt the city and police were
more responsible.
But Chan said the
changes reflect the various
riot reports that have been
put out over the summer.
“The story also has not
left the news since the riots
happened,” he said.
“It’s a story that’s got
legs and it won’t go away.
People are still thinking
about it.”
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Lions tackle violence
ARIANA KAKNEVICIUS/FOR METRO

1 in 3 women will be sexually
assaulted but only 12 per cent of
incidents are reported to the police
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VANCOUVER@METRONEWS.CA

Organizers of a B.C. Lionssupported program that
tackles reducing violence
against women said yesterday they hope the success
of the B.C. program over
the next two years will
help it expand across
Canada.
The Encana Corporation
along with the municipalities of Vancouver and Surrey came on board as
partners in the Be More
Than a Bystander campaign yesterday at B.C.
Place.
“The re-launch of this
program is essential,” said
Mayor Gregor Robertson.
“This program will break
the silence providing the
tools, language and training to know what to do.”

The campaign will visit
40 schools with B.C. Lions
players, who will educate
students and provide training for coaches on how to
prevent and react to violence against women.
Tracy Porteous, executive director of Ending Violence Association of B.C.,
said the program aims to
use the iconic status of the
players to teach children
and men that their tough
appearance on-field does
not transfer to their behaviour toward women.
“Considering that men
commit 98 per cent of
crimes of violence against
women, it is their issue,”
Porteous said.
“The solution needs to
come from everyone.”
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Tracy Porteous, executive director of Ending Violence
Association of B.C., thanks the new partners of Be More
Than a Bystander campaign yesterday at B.C. Place.

Video game shows Canucks losing to Chicago
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A simulation using EA
Sports’ NHL 12 video game
has the Pittsburgh Penguins
winning the Stanley Cup,
aided by Sidney Crosby’s
comeback.
The
made-in-Burnaby
video game sees Crosby returning after 17 games and
leading the Pens to second
place in the East.
According to the video
game, Vancouver wins the
Presidents’ Trophy again,

with 114 points, but loses
the Western Conference final to Chicago in seven
games.
“Normally the EA Sports
guys are pretty good,”
Canucks forward Alex Burrows, a keen gamer, said after practice yesterday.
“They do a good job. Obviously I don’t agree with this
one.
“I do like the game. I do
like the new technology, all

the different leagues and
players. When you hit a
guy, when the guy is bigger
than you, he doesn’t go
down. All those little details
I think makes the game
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Canucks
defenceman
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game’s prediction for this
season. “Who cares,” he
said.
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a list of the Top 10 scams
threatening to part
Vancouverites with their
wallets along with some
advice on how residents
can protect themselves.
The Vancouver Police
Department deals with approximately 1,000 scam
incidents a year but said
most go unreported.
“What’s critical is that
people don’t remain
quiet,” said Lynda
Pasacretta, CEO of the Better Business Bureau.
Of the 10 scams
outlined yesterday, these
five are among the most
common.

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2. Event ticket resale

How it works: Victims get
a call from a supposed
computer company warning them of a virus that
can be fixed by logging
on to a website. Their
computer screen blacks
out with a message to
pay $150 by credit card.

How it works: The scammer buys tickets using a
stolen credit card, which
are cancelled by the time
of the event, and sells
them on the street or on
websites such as
Craigslist.

What to do: Hang up on
the caller and do not visit
the website.

What to do: Use the BBB
to check the legitimacy of
resale companies or write
down the private seller’s
personal information and
be ready to lose money.

3. Phantom rental
properties
How it works: A renter,
believing he’s about to
score a bargain for a
rental property, pays an
illegitimate landlord the
deposit fee and one- to
three-months’ rent.
What to do: Inspect all
rental properties before
putting any money
upfront. Check the
landlord’s identification
and ask to pay with
post-dated cheques.

4. Secret shopper
How it works: The victim
signs up to be a secret
shopper to review
various businesses and
cashes a cheque wired
from an illegitimate company to pay for store
services. The cheque
bounces after the victim
has reimbursed the scam
company.
What to do: Check with
the BBB before signing
up with a mystery-shopper company.

5. Door-to-door charities and inspectors
How it works: A person
claiming to be from a
charity or inspection
agency is permitted into
a home and pressures the
resident to make a
donation or pay a cash
fee for services.
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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dead
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Death of tech giant’s former CEO
comes day after unveiling of new iPhone
Jobs started Apple with a
high school friend in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976,
was forced out a decade later and returned in 1997 to
rescue the company. During his second stint, it grew
into the most valuable technology company in the
world with a market value
of US$351 billion.
Cultivating Apple’s countercultural sensibility and a
minimalist design ethic,
Jobs rolled out one sensational product after another, even in the face of the
late-2000s recession and his
own failing health.
He helped change computers from a geeky hobbyist’s obsession to a necessity
of modern life at work and
home, transforming the
cellphone and music industries in the process.

Steve Jobs, the Apple
founder and former CEO
who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker
gadgets that transformed
everyday technology, from
the personal computer to
the iPod and iPhone, has
died. He was 56.
Apple announced his
death last night without
giving a specific cause.
Jobs had battled cancer
in 2004 and underwent a
liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence
for
unspecified
health problems. He took
another leave of absence in
January — his third since
his health problems began
— before resigning as CEO
six weeks ago. Jobs became
Apple’s chairman and
handed the CEO job over to
his hand-picked successor,
Tim Cook.

This screen shot taken from apple.com shows a tribute to
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to $3.5 billion Groom only earned $1,500/month

A wealthy 85-year-old Spanish duchess considered the
world’s most title-laden noble
married
a
civil
servant 25 years her junior
yesterday, shrugging off her
children’s qualms and
celebrating by kicking off
her shoes and dancing
flamenco.
A crowd of several hundred clapped and roared its
approval as the Duchess of
Alba waved, smiled and
danced on a red carpet
after her wedding to
Alfonso Diez at Palacio de
las Duenas, her 15th-century residence in the cobblestoned old quarter of
Seville.
Diez stood close by in a
dark suit, smiling and holding an outstretched arm at
the ready, as if to catch his
bride if she stumbled. The
duchess hiked up her dress
as she performed a few
whirling steps of Spain’s

“I have been alone
in this project, and
got nothing but
negative opinions
until they realized
what kind of man
he is.”
DUCHESS OF ALBA
ON HER FAMILY'S REACTION

quintessential art form in
the city perhaps best
known for it.
With her frizzy white
hair, squeaky voice and
wildly colourful clothes, the
duchess is among Spain’s
most famous people. Only a
few dozen family members
and close friends were
invited to the ceremony.
The
twice-widowed
duchess wore a salmon,
shin-length
dress
by
Spanish designers Victorio
& Lucchino.
Her full name — take a

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011

deep breath — is Maria del
Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa
Victoria Eugenia Francisca
Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva.
She
goes
by
simply
Cayetana, and is a distant
relative of Queen Elizabeth
and Winston Churchill.
She and Diez, a social
security
administration
employee, are old acquaintances through her second
husband, who was a former
Jesuit priest, and Diez’s
brother, an antiques dealer.
They bumped into each other about three years ago
outside a movie theatre in
Madrid and eventually started dating.
Her six children, all from
her first marriage, reportedly balked when the idea of
marriage emerged. In July
of this year, the duchess assigned them and her grandchildren juicy chunks of her
vast estate, like mansions
and palaces, in an effort to

The Spanish Duchess of Alba and her new husband,
Alfonso Diez, walk out of the chapel after their wedding
at Las Duenas Palace in Seville, yesterday.

appease them and clear her
way to the altar.
Diez will be entering a
new world, although he has
reportedly signed a document renouncing any claim
to the House of Alba wealth.
Now he will live in splendor

as a duke, reportedly with
plans to take a leave of absence from his day job, although the noble title will
pass on to the duchess’s eldest son, Carlos, when she
dies.
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Putin fakes
treasure find
The widely publicized incident in which Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin pulled up ancient
Greek jug fragments from
the seabed on a diving expedition was staged, his
chief spokesman said.
The August dive in the
Kerch Strait was reported
extensively in Russian and
overseas media. Putin is
noted for his habit of
appearing in adventurous
settings, including fishing
while stripped to the waist
and riding with leatherclad motorcyclists.
His spokesman said the
jugs had been found
earlier by archaeologists
and placed there for Putin.
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Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin

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U.S. town’s
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011

Clock ticking for justice

Palin won’t run
for president
governor Sarah Palin says
she will not run for the
U.S. presidency. Palin said
in a statement that she
and her husband “devote
ourselves to God, family
and country,” and her decision maintains that order. Palin often hinted
that she might run for
president in 2012 but never committed herself.

In a final quest to bring
Holocaust participants to
justice, German authorities
have reopened hundreds of
dormant investigations of
Nazi death-camp guards —
men who are now so old
that time has become “the
enemy” for prosecutors
hurrying to prepare cases.
The efforts could result
in new prosecutions nearly
seven decades after the
Second World War.
Special Nazi war-crimes
investigators reopened the
files after the conviction of
former U.S. autoworker
John Demjanjuk, whose
case set a new legal precedent in Germany.
It was the first time
prosecutors had been able
to convict someone in a
Nazi-era case without direct evidence that the suspect participated in a
specific killing.

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THAILAND. Thai
authorities have arrested
a university student who
reportedly confessed to
hacking the Twitter
account of the country’s
prime minister. The 22year-old posted several
tweets accusing the
government of incompetence and cronyism.

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have confessed

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tablet computer yesterday,
saying it would deliver
modern technology to the
countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty.
The computer, called
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students and teachers.

No proof that online service has
led to drop in TV subscriptions

1M

U.S.-based Netﬂix has
attracted more than
one million Canadian
subscribers since
beginning its online
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about a year ago.
The CRTC did not mention Netflix by name, but a
40-member group from
the telecommunications,
broadcasting, cable and
satellite and production
sectors had asked the regulator to hold consultations
on services like Netflix.
The CRTC acknowledged it hasn’t been able
to accurately gauge consumer
behaviour.
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A student poses with her
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Datawind says it can make
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month at the moment, not
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million children online.
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LET’S TALK
ABOUT BIRDS
AND BEES
Listen up, parents. It’s time
you had a frank discussion
with your children about —
well, you know, doin’ it.
JOHN MAZEROLLE
My province is in election
METRO
mode and sex education became a topic during the campaign, thus
proving those “SEX! Now that I’ve got
your attention…” campaign signs my
fellow students used in junior high elections were an accurate reflection of our
political system.
Regardless of your thoughts about
sex-ed in school, we can all agree that sexual
education begins at home. (My parents never talked to
me about it, but they got cable for the TV in my room,
which had the same basic effect.)
It’s a problem every generation faces.
When kids ask about sex, parents must first ask
questions of themselves: How do I change the subject?
How tightly do I plug my ears? Are they ready for the
“when two people love
each other” lie? Or do I
“...so you need to stick with the stork? And
tell your children so on.
But your kid is going to
about how birds have
sex sooner or later
sometimes get
(take a moment here to
get your heart started
abortions and
so you need to tell
bees sometimes again),
your children about how
marry bees of
birds sometimes get abortions and bees sometimes
the same
marry bees of the same
gender...”
gender and all those other
fun facts your kids are just
clamouring to know.
To help, here are a few tips:
• Remember that you and your children probably
have different ideas about what makes for a proper
sexual education. They may be expecting Cosmo-style
lessons like “57 positions that drive him wild” and
“Proper hickey removal,” but it’s important you stay
the course and stick with such adult classics as
“Triplets: More common than you think” and “Herpes:
Your life-long friend.”
• Speak in terms they can understand. For
example: “Son, if you sleep around when you’re drinking, you’re going to end up with regrets. Other people
will hear about it, and suddenly everyone’s yearbook
write-up will mention how you slept with “that” girl.
Now, do you want that?”
• Never be afraid to rap. Kids love rap. A clever
rhyme scheme based on a simple message like “Hold
on to your hormones” will let your children know that
you can riff on bodily functions just like Eminem.
• Explain how sex leads to marriage in much the
same way that, in the Star Wars movies, anger leads to
the Dark Side.
Now you’re prepared. With these tips, you’ll be able
to share with your offspring in elaborate and
sometimes graphic discussions.
Or, barring that, just get them cable. It’ll do the
rest.

HE SAYS ...

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Changing. Gears

Worth
mentioning
During high season in
the Kenyan luxury resort
area of Lamu, foreign
tourists snorkel by day
and sleep in rustic
dwellings with woven coconut leaves for doors.
Now they’re leaving
town early and
cancelling reservations
after gunmen kidnapped
two Europeans and killed
another in only a month.
Already, droves of
workers who depend on
tourism in this gorgeous
but poor corner of East
Africa are losing jobs.
Hours after a French
woman was abducted
last weekend, eight
guests checked out of Stefano Moccia’s nearby hotel and hurriedly boarded
a plane. Usually busy taxi
boats now lay idle along
the coasts.
“This season is over.
That is for sure,” said Stefano Moccia, who has
fired nearly half his 100
staff in just two days.
Nervous hotel owners
like Moccia are urging
Kenya’s government to
step up security in this
area long popular with
tourists and rich
Kenyans. High tourist
season traditionally
begins here in
November, but the
$1,800 US-a-night rooms
could sit empty and the
beaches bare.

Vancouver’s forecast for today is cloudy with a
high of 15 C. Tonight’s expected low is 10 C.

WEIRD NEWS

Higher purpose
for grow-op
equipment
Equipment seized from a U.S. marijuana operation is going to be used
to grow a different kind of herb —
and vegetables, too.
Delaware County District
Attorney G. Michael Green tells The
Philadelphia Inquirer the
equipment taken in May from a sophisticated marijuana growing oper-

ation will go to Cheyney University
and a Philadelphia community
development corporation’s Urban
Food Lab.
Authorities say the raid at a
former Chester drugstore yielded industrial generators, grow lights and
hydroponic plant containers.
The Inquirer report says Partnership CDC’s Urban Food Lab grows
greens, lettuce, peppers and
broccoli. An on-campus business at
Cheyney already uses hydroponic
techniques to grow basil that’s sold
to local supermarkets.
Cheyney professor Steven Hughes
puts the value of the donated equipment at tens of thousands of dollars.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dolores Drake, left, as Truvy, Sarah Carle as Annelle and Susan Coodin as Shelby in Gateway Theatre’s production of Steel Magnolias.

Magnolias now in bloom
Robert Harling play coming to the Gateway Theatre

BACKSTAGE
PASS
GRAEME MCRANOR
METRO VANCOUVER

Did
you
know that
the
film
Steel Magnolias
grossed
nearly $100
million at the box office
when it was released in
1989?
Kind of impressive for a

film that had six fully
clothed women featured
on its promotional poster
and no explosions, car
chases, sports or automatic assault weapons weaved
into its plot.
Did I mention it was released in 1989? Because
the highest-grossing films
that year included Indian
Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman and Lethal
Weapon 2.
Originally staged as an
off-Broadway play in 1987,
the story, written by

Robert Harling, is based
on the playwright’s experience with the death of his
sister.
Now it’s being staged locally by Gateway Theatre.
Set
in
small-town
Louisiana, it’s a story of a
close-knit group of friends
whose lives come together
at a successful hair salon
called Truvy’s.
Both
hilarious
and
heartbreaking, it’s a social
circle
that
ultimately
proves love and laughter
can carry us through life’s

Finding Nemo and
The Little
Mermaid are
among multiple
Walt Disney tales
that are following
The Lion King into
3-D mode on the
big-screen. Over
the next two years
Disney is releasing
multiple titles in
3-D.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Another hot item.
Get stung If you like Sting
but still haven’t been able
to score tickets to one of
his two shows here in December, fear not! A third
show has been added so
you can watch Sir
Stingness go, as the tour
name suggests, Back to
Bass. Check out
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If you’ve seen the posters
for Real Steel, you know
Hugh Jackman can look
fearless, especially with a

boxing robot behind him.
But there is a pivotal moment in Hugh Jackman’s
life that will always stick

with him: singing in public
for the first time.
“I’ve never been that
scared again. That was 15

Hugh Jackman arrives at the premiere
of Real Steel in California on Sunday.

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years ago. July 26, 1996,” he
says. “I was asked to sing
the national anthem at a
very big rugby match down
in Australia — millions of
people watching, a 100,000
people in the stadium, and I
had a panic attack the night
before. I was terrified.”
And with good reason, it
seems, as the stakes were
certainly high.
“I had in my head, right
or wrong, that if I screwed
this up, it’s over. I had seen
people booed off singing
the national anthem badly
and never work again. Australia’s a small place,
right?” he says. “Now, if I
had been booed off — if
things had not gone well —
I know I wouldn’t be here
today. ... Had that not gone
well, I may never have had
the confidence to do other
things. Without that moment, I would never have
hosted the Oscars.”
His latest film, Real Steel
— designed to be a familyfriendly, rousing crowdpleaser — seems well-suited
for a franchise, but Jackman shies away from discussions of a sequel.
“It’s not the right time to
be talking about it,” he says.
“It’s kind of like the week
before the Super Bowl saying, ‘Do you think you’ll be
in the Super Bowl next
year?’”
That being said, it
doesn’t mean the idea isn’t
already in motion.
“I know it’s being written, and I know in a way it’s
planned and that’s always
been there,” he admits. “I
have signed on for one if
there is one, but none of us
involved are thinking beyond October 7, trust me.
That’s not the mentality
you have.”
Besides, Jackman — as
both an actor and a producer — is far too familiar with
how hard it can be to get a

Twitter trouble
While on screen he seems
to have mastered the intricacies of controlling robot
boxers just fine, Jackman
admits that he himself isn’t
exactly technologically
savvy — even when it
comes to something like
Twitter.
“I started posting things on
Twitter, and my publicist
rang me one Sunday night
and said, ‘You just posted
your home address on Twitter,’” Jackman remembers.
“Because my daughter was
swimming in the fountain
outside my house with her
friend, and I didn’t realize
I’d put my street name in
the photo. So she says,
‘From now on, you must
send me everything you
post.’”

movie made, even a “sure
thing.”
“In my experience —
particularly with X-Men, I
don’t know why — there’s
never been an easy ride,” he
says. “There are I can’t tell
you how many reasons or
potholes that could derail
any movie, and it’s sort of
miraculous it gets made
and gets out there. So I never really take it for granted.”
So instead of diving into
Real Steel 2, Jackman is
heading back to Broadway
for a 10-week run of a oneman show before he films
Tom Hooper’s take on the
musical Les Miserables, followed by the next Wolverine film.
Having played the character for more than a
decade, it’s something that
comes quite naturally to
Jackman.
“I play it at home, obviously,” he says. “For
parental control, it really
helps.”

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CHRIS YOUNG/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canadian director
has high hopes for
film, young star

Real Steel director
Shawn Levy.

Real Steel destined to be a franchise,
thinks Montreal-born Shawn Levy
If the Canadian director
helming Real Steel has his
way, the new robot-boxing
movie executive produced
by Steven Spielberg will
definitely get a sequel and
maybe even a slew of
them.
The film, a mixture of
Rocky and E.T.: The ExtraTerrestrial with a touch of
Transformers, is set in a
not-too-distant
future
when robots replace humans in the professional
boxing world.
Montreal-born Shawn
Levy thinks there’s a good
chance that Real Steel will
become a big screen franchise, and he gives a lot of
credit to his pint-sized
Canadian star Dakota
Goyo, who just turned 12.
“I certainly directed
him a lot but there’s some
scenes where I just got out
of the way because that
boy is talented, that boy
has that extra something
that Ricky Schroder had in
The Champ, or that Elliott
(played by Henry Thomas)
in E.T. had,” Levy said.
Goyo plays a sullen
young boy who is dealing
with the death of his
mother and is forced to reunite with his deadbeat
dad (Hugh Jackman), who
is struggling to get by as a
fight promoter. The pair
don’t get off on the right
foot but start to bond as
they work on their own robot combatant, Atom.
“I saw hundreds of boys
— I saw some in person,
some on the Internet and
some on tape from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, London, L.A., New
York, Chicago, Dallas —
and I said I needed more
than talent, I needed something extra. I knew it when
it walked in the room and
it was called Dakota Goyo,”
said Levy.
“It’s that authenticity in
the face that is kind of
heartbreaking and really
makes you root for him.
And Dakota has that big

Real robots
Rather than relying entirely on special effects, real
robots — some of which
stand almost nine feet tall
— were built and used for
many scenes.
“Seeing them in real life,
their hands and their
heads moved, it was just
unbelievable to see,”
gushed young star Dakota
Goyo.
“I was looking up at them
and having neck cramps,
we were pretty stoked, I really loved acting with the
real robots.”

time.”
Jackman gushed about
Goyo’s performance and
his amazing professionalism for a youngster.
“Dakota’s going to be a
big star — although I never say that to him — because for him it’s just
natural, he’s an actor,”
Jackman said.
“He’s really got that sensibility, he’s mature beyond his years. I have such
great admiration and affection for that boy.”
Remarkably, Goyo insists the experience of
making the blockbuster
movie wasn’t unnerving,
other than having to learn
to dance and perform
some of those new moves
in a number of big scenes.
“I don’t get nervous for
acting, I’ve been doing it
since I was so young so it’s
not really new to me, I’m
not scared of doing it anymore,” said the Toronto
native, who has previously
appeared in Thor, Defendor and TV’s Murdoch
Mysteries.
“But it was nerve-wracking because I usually have
stage fright for dancing.
And I had to dance in front
of thousands of extras, so
it was difficult.”
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Don’t have a cow, man: Simpsons on the ropes
FOX

A producer of The Simpsons said that the show
can’t continue under its current ﬁnancial model.

In its 23rd year on TV, The
Simpsons could be on the
endangered species list.
The show’s producer
said Tuesday the show
can’t continue under its
current financial model,
following a report that big
pay cuts are being sought
for the actors who provide
voices for Homer, Marge
and Bart Simpson and other characters.
“We believe this brilliant series can and should
continue, but we cannot
produce future seasons under its current financial

model,” said Chris Alexander, spokesman for 20th
Century Fox Television. He
said producers hope a deal
can be reached.
The animated series is a
fixture on Fox’s Sunday
night schedule, and critics
consider it one of the best
shows in the medium. But
like many programs that
have been on the air for a
long time, the cost of making it has become prohibitive.
The Fox network reportedly loses money each year
on new episodes, even as

all the old episodes run in
perpetuity in reruns and
are a cash cow for producers and creators.
The Daily Beast reported Tuesday that producers
are demanding a 45 per
cent pay cut from the six
voice actors, who reportedly make nearly $8 million
each for a season. The website said the voice actors
have offered to take a 30
per cent pay cut in return
for a portion of the show’s
syndication and merchandise revenue.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

7.1M
The Simpsons is averaging 7.1 million
viewers for its new
episodes this fall,
down 14 per cent from
last year. Back in the
1991-92 season, an average of 21.7 million
people watched it
every week, Nielsen
said.

New details reveal that
while Ashton Kutcher didn’t spend his recent
wedding anniversary with
wife Demi Moore, he
reportedly was far from
alone.
According to Us Weekly,
the Two and Half Men star

was partying in his San
Diego hotel suite
with not one but two
young female companions.
“Within five minutes,
they were all naked in the
hot tub, making out,” a
source tells the magazine.
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Ashton Kutcher

Arquette in
‘friend zone’
While David Arquette
and Courteney Cox
have remained close
throughout their
year-long separation, a
rekindling of their
marriage isn’t likely,
Arquette admits.
“We’re pretty much in
the friend zone.” METRO

Celebrity tweets
@DitaVonTeese

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said ‘the
@DaveSFoley
unexamined
life is not worth living.’ But
the examined life is seldom
worth talking about.”
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Question —
now I’m onto
the MJ trial —
did MJ’s kids know that he
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Smash Mouth?’”

Leonardo DiCaprio

Blake and Leo
call it quits
While they never officially
acknowledged that they
were dating, Leonardo DiCaprio and Blake Lively
have split up, both of their
reps confirm, according to
Hollyscoop. The pair first
turned heads at the
Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and reportedly

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dated throughout the summer. While DiCaprio is still
in Australia filming the
Great Gatsby, Lively was
spotted over the weekend
in Boston sharing an intimate dinner with Green
Lantern
co-star
Ryan
Reynolds.
METRO

Springtime in Paris
At Paris Fashion Week, last springâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sexy, vampy looks were replaced
with crisp A-line frocks, tailored trouser suits and romantic dresses
Chanel hit all the right notes, while other designers played it safe
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In brief
BEST IN BOOTS
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BEST IN SHOW:
CHANEL
In what turned out to be the
weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most gorgeous
show, Karl Lagerfeld created
an ivory, aquatic
wonderland with models
dressed in ethereal dresses,
suits, separates and swimsuits that looked like shimmering saltwater pearls.
Few designers today can
produce such a large collection (a whopping 85 looks)
with a singular vision that
doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look repetitive and
maintains a couture-level
quality from beginning to
end. The excitement in the
room was palpable. In short,
this is what Paris Fashion
Week is meant to be.

HIGH HEMLINES:
STELLA
MCCARTNEY
For spring, McCartney continued the seductive streak
she started for fall, only she
replaced last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sheer,
body-con dresses with crisp,
A-line frocks that revealed
miles of leg. They were
sporty with a flourish; each
look came with contrasting
coloured swirls that surfed
their way along the hemline
and up the torso. But everyday working women might
find themselves gravitating
toward her mannish wideleg trousers and leisure
shirts. They came in a variety of prints that resembled
those found on menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ties.

ROMANTIC AND
WEARABLE:
GIVENCHY

TEMPERED
GIRLY-NESS:
CHLOĂ&#x2030;
Enter Clare Waight Keller,
the latest Brit to move into
the French house, who debuted her first collection for
ChloĂŠ on Monday. Her
clothes had the breezy femininity the house has
become known for in the
form of drop-waist dresses
and soft, chiffon pleats. But
she tempered the girly-ness
with cotton T-shirts and button-down blouses that were
slightly tomboyish. It was a
sweet collection, but it felt
more like a quiet arrival
than a momentous debut.
Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping that changes
come next show season.

After last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vampy,
sex kittens, Riccardo Tisciâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
quieter, romantic clothes for
spring looked like a palette
cleanser. Gone were the
black cat graphics, latex and
sheer skirts. Instead, he produced tailored jacket and
short combos (a definite
trend for spring) and trouser
suits in the softest pink. They
were wearable and practically sweet, a word you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
normally associate with
Givenchy. Though a series of
slinky mini-dresses with
strategically placed sheer
cut-outs that revealed naked
breasts were classic Tisci.

JEWEL TONES:
YVES SAINT
LAURENT
For the past few seasons,
each of Pilatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collections
have been shown against
speculation that his days at
Yves Saint Laurent are
numbered. But it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
show on the runway. His
sophisticated A-line coat
dresses, elegant trouser
suits, romantic cocktail
dresses and dramatic
evening gowns were all
beautifully constructed
and seemed to pay
homage to the history of
the house. Pilatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jeweltoned collection was cool
and polished, perhaps too
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Everything but the turkey
Add some sparkle, shine and a few new colours to this year’s Thanksgiving dinner table
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When I was
as young as
five years
old my inner decorator had me volunteering to create the
Thanksgiving centrepiece
for the dining table.
I’d
collect
fallen
branches, rusty-coloured
leaves and pinecones to
make an elegant arrangement in the middle of the
table.
Looking back at old
family photos I realized
that my hodgepodge of

outdoor elements looked
more rustic than elegant.
Today’s festive tables
are a little more than just
old leaves and branches.
But there are many affordable ways to have an
impressive table while
keeping a budget in mind.
Here’s how I will be
decorating the Thanksgiving table this weekend.

CRATE & BARREL

A fun touch
Don’t forget about under
your dining table:
Fall foliage: I like to scatter
real and coloured paper
leaves under the table and
chairs.
Guests will love the look of
the fall ground cover when
they enter the room!

Choose a table colour
scheme

I’ve decided to mix
neutral
colours
like
brown and grey in my
dishes and add trendy
colours like orange, reds
and greens.
If you (or your parents)
have vintage Denby pottery in oatmeal or stone
colours then bring it out
for an earthy, pottered

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look for this year’s celebration.
I’ll be using the pewter
collection from Corelle —
the unbreakable dishes
have some great trend-setting colours and patterns
that fit right in with my
busy lifestyle and will be
perfect for those clumsy
friends of mine.
Also, at less than $20
per place setting, I’ve
stocked up with anticipation of upcoming holiday
buffet parties.
Add some dazzle

As casual as the inexpensive
dinner
ware
means adding some elegance to the table.
Layering some silver
charger plates under the
dishes will boost the image, and pulling out the
oversized Riedel wine
glasses will make everyone feel like a king and
queen at the table.
Consider buying the
right size and shape of
glass for the wine that
you most enjoy drinking.
That way you can afford
such a small luxury for
entertaining.
I will also be breaking
tradition and surprising
my guests by serving a red
wine with the turkey dinner.
Wine experts say a
good Pinot Noir (try the
Sterling Vintners Collection Pinot Noir for around
$15) is a good choice as it

is light and peppery and
goes well with the elements of a turkey dinner.
A personal touch

After dinner I’ll be serving a fabulous root beer
float with vanilla ice
cream and a shot of Captain Morgan Deluxe rum.
Sounds like a funny
combination but it’s a big
fall favourite of mine
when entertaining. Everyone loves it — especially
with the scoop of vanilla
ice cream!
Spice up the table

I like to mix fresh flowers, mini pumpkins and
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The mini pumpkins are
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I like the layer the table
with luxurious fabrics to
set the tone of an eclectic
meal.
A lush throw, washable

silk quilt or faux fur often
help to add the glam factor to the table.
In Europe, the trend of
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inspired me to try this at
home.
Perhaps you have a
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know what to do with —
release the pinch pleats,
give them a wash and use
them as a beautiful table
covers.

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Create a gorgeous guest room
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Give your guest a special
reading corner. Bring in a
comfortable chair and
adorn it with a soft throw.
Ensure there is a stack of
magazines and good books
waiting for them, with
some personal picks on
hand. Set up a variety of pillows on the bed and install
lights into the headboard so
they can lay back and unwind.
Give them a nice wake up
Most people arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready to
face the day in the early
morning, so bring them

breakfast in bed.
Purchase a lovely wicker
tray that will make a beautiful presentation and
adorn it with homemade
goodies to make their
morning bright.
Have a place to primp
Consider your guestsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; routine and include a dressing
table.
Use a small circular table
backed with a mirror to reduce space but provide
function.
Add a pretty tablecloth
or dress it up with antique
pieces and fresh flowers to
finish off the look.
Let them unpack
Always provide storage for
your guests.
Find space in the room
for a dresser with empty
drawers so they can completely unpack during their
stay.
Provide hangers for
them to use in a closet â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fill it up with your
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darken the room and a design that will minimize the
light from slipping in.
If you prefer blinds,
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ﬁrst-time homebuyers
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Buying a home for the ﬁrst time can oﬀer many obstacles, from ﬁnancing to choosing the right area.

Home sweet Home
Metro goes house shopping with three new homebuyers
— and it’s an exercise in weighing out lifestyle preferences
and needs with available funds and other finances

JON
TATTRIE
FOR METRO

Meet Joe Stanton, a 42year-old banking executive, and Liam and
Madeleine Rushton, a 20something couple, who
want to start a family.
They are both shopping
for a place to live and neither
have
previously
owned their own home.
While Stanton is a sin-

gle man about town and
wants a place that is easy
to live in and “a solid bet
for a good return on investment,” the Rushtons
are focusing more on finding a place that will accommodate their plans to
have a family.
In any case, the first
thing both buyers should
do, says Chris Mooney,
president of the Realtors
Association of Edmonton,

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is to sit down with a mortgage broker or bank to see
how much money they
can borrow … which is
what they do. The Rushtons come back with
$250,000, while Stanton
gets a $400,000 limit.
Next stop: Meeting
with a real estate agent to
talk about options. The
Rushtons could get a twoor three-bedroom townhouse in the suburbs, and
they will want to check
out schools and transportation in the area, too.
On the other hand, a
1,000-square-foot downtown condo might be exactly what Stanton wants.
Mooney says Stanton’s
hefty 25 per cent down
payment and big budget
opens the market up considerably. “There’s a lot of
new condos in the downtown market,” Mooney
says. “It’s a sound investment with the conven-

ience of living downtown.”
Charlotte Hansen, a
Halifax-based realtor with
Royal LePage, reminds
both to factor in monthly
bills for a complete financial picture of what they
can afford.
She directs the Rushtons to the suburbs, too.
The further out they go,
the bigger the houses and
yards get.
Stanton spends a lot of
time at his downtown office, so a quick walking
commute trumps the
need for a bigger home.
“If he’s working a lot, he
probably will be looking
for something with lower
maintenance,”
Hansen
says.
He won’t have to worry
about shovelling snow or
cutting grass and when he
leaves on business trips,
he just has to lock the
door and walk away.

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Money talks
Of course, buying a
house costs more than
the sticker price you see
on the MLS listing.
When Metro new
homebuyers Joe Stanton,
a 42-year-old banking executive, and Liam and
Madeleine Rushton, a 20something couple, started shopping for houses,
we spoke to two
mortgage advisers to get
financial advice.
Before anything, Laurie Foster, an independent mortgage broker
with Verico in Winnipeg,
says “we need to look at
their current financial
picture — do we need to
restructure other debt?”
All three have been
renting and the monthly
mortgage payments will
be about the same
amount. But, Foster says,
they now will have to
pay for utilities, property
tax, Internet and cable.
Foster also
recommends setting
aside about two per cent
of the purchase price to
cover lawyer fees, deed
transfer tax and other
closing costs. Some brokers recommend as
much as four per cent.
The Rushtons will likely go with a fixed-rate
mortgage (which means
the interest rate they are
paying is locked in for a
fixed period, usually
from one to five years) so
monthly payments are
easy to budget.
Stanton has deeper
pockets and will likely go
for a variable mortgage
rate (which means the
monthly interest rate
varies depending on
what’s going on in the
market). If interest rates
stay low, he could save a
bit of money. If the rates
rise, he can take a hit.
Both buyers should
have a contingency fund
that will cover three
months of payments in
case of layoffs.
Because the Rushtons
are paying less than a 20
per cent down payment,
says Jamie Small, an adviser with Ottawa Mortgage, they will have to
factor in mortgage
default insurance, which
adds one to three per
cent to the total cost.
“We also consider
what stage borrowers are
in their career. Is their income going to be increas-

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2
3

4

Dampness or mould.
“Sometimes this can
be found around the
baseboards and can
signal a moisture problem,” says Barb Sukkau,
the St. Catherines,
Ont.-based president
of the Ontario Real Estate Association.
Cracks in the foundation. “They’re easier to
find if the basement isn’t finished,” she says.
Curly shingles. A roof
with shingles starting
to curl and looking
rough around the
edges indicates an old
roof. “Also, when
you’re walking
through the house,
look for cracks or staining in the ceiling. That
could indicate a leaky
roof,” she warns.
Wonky floors. Bumpy
or uneven floors could
point towards a structural issue.
ASTRID VAN DEN BROEK

ing or is it fixed?” Small
says.
Chris Mooney recommends both take a 25year mortgage. Stanton
can pay lump sums on
the mortgage
anniversary or double
monthly payments with
his bank bonuses to take
a deeper cut out of the
balance while maintaining cash fluidity.
In the end, the Rushtons get a purchase-plusimprovements mortgage
so they can get a new
roof and thick insulation,
tacking the $10,000 bill
onto the mortgage. And
they call in friends and
family for the move.
Stanton, valuing time
over money, shells out
$2,000 for movers.
JON TATTRIE

fall fun

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011

Simple fun

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Enjoy fall events
Vancouver International
Improv Festival
Oct. 5-10. This annual
performance festival
brings talented improvisational performers
from across North America to Vancouver for 20
shows of comedic and
improv brilliance. For
more, see vancouverimprovfest.com/

A day picking apples allows you
to enjoy the outdoors and family
KELLY
PUTTER

FOR METRO

The beauty of apple picking has to be its simplicity.
While it’s a good idea to
dress for the weather, apple growers have seen it
all,
from
diaper-clad
youngsters hiked up on
dad’s back reaching for a
crisp Spartan, to apple pie
making mamas dressed in
their high heels.
“There’s a bit of magic
in picking an apple from a
tree because no one has
touched it before,” explains Tom Chudleigh,
who has been selling apples for 44 years from his
100-acre farm in Halton
Hills, Ont.
Though the apple picking season and the varieties vary from East Coast
to West and from farm to
farm, you can still find

plenty of pick-your-own apple farms that aren’t too
far from home. Some operations combine fruit picking with other fun farm
experiences
such
as
hayrides, corn mazes and
hot apple cider during the
fall season.
Be sure to bring bags or
baskets to carry home your
haul. Expect to pay in the
neighbourhood of $1.85 to
$2.50 per kilogram. And
bring cash since many DIY
farms don’t accept debit or
credit cards.
Also, remember to call
ahead for availability and
you-pick hours. Weekends
are the busiest time so if
you can get away through
the week all the better.
And don’t forget to pack a
picnic lunch.
When
picking,
Chudleigh
recommends
you take the apple in your

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There’s a bit of magic in picking an apple from
a tree, says apple farmer Tom Chudleigh.

hand and turn its eye to
the sky until it separates
from the tree.
As for how to know
when apples are ripe for
the picking? Nothing beats

a little taste.
“From a pick-your-own
farmer’s perspective, the
apple should be chin-dripping juicy right off the
tree,” says Chudleigh.

Vancouver International
Film Festival 2011
Sept. 28-Oct. 14. Both in
terms of admissions and
number of films
screened (148,000 and
373 respectively in 2010)
VIFF is among the five
largest film festivals in
North America. For
more, see
viff.org/festival/
Grave Tales
at Fort Langley
Oct. 7-30. Fort Langley’s
past is depicted at night
by expert storytellers,
and will leave you spell-

bound. For more, see
pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/bc/langley/index.aspx.
Light the Night Walk
Oct. 15. Each year, in
communities all across
the United States and
Canada teams of
families, friends, coworkers and local and
national corporations
come together to raise
funds for The Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society’s
Light The Night Walk
events and bring help
and hope to people battling blood cancers. For
more, see
lightthenight.org/
Bhangra.me: Vancouver’s
Bhangra Story
Until Oct. 23. Experience
an interactive exhibition
that chronicles Bhangra
music, dance and
politics in Vancouver.
For more, see
museumofvancouver.ca.
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food

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011

Over-the-top $16 muffins

MATTHEW MEAD/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Report says the U.S. government spent $16 a pop on muffins Wonder
how such a pricey treat would taste? This recipe answers the question
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Line baking sheet with
waxed paper. In
microwave-safe bowl,
combine remaining
chocolate with oil.
Microwave in 15-second
bursts, stirring between,
until melted. One at a
time, dunk each strawberry into chocolate,
covering about threequarters. Set on waxed
paper, then refrigerate

few mins to harden.

8

Once muﬃns cool,
spoon glaze over top of
each, spreading to coat
top surface. Sprinkle
macadamia nuts around
outer edge, then sprinkle gold leaf over centre
surface. Top each with a
chocolate-covered
strawberry. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ ALISON LADMAN

Extremely versatile and appropriate for fall gatherings, acorn squash stuffed
with rice and goat cheese
can be served as a mouthwatering rustic main or a
beautiful side to complement your holiday spread.

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Stuffrn
Aco sh
Squa

2
3

4

Heat oven to 200 C (400
F). Then
rub cut
squash all over with oil
and place cut side down
on parchment-lined
rimmed baking sheet.
Bake until tender, about
30 mins. Remove from
oven and let cool slightly before turning over.
In skillet, brown
sausage, breaking meat
into small pieces with
wooden spoon. Transfer
to a plate.
Add onion and red pepper to skillet and cook
until onion is tender and
browned, about 7 minutes. Stir in rice and
cook until rice is coated,
about 2 minutes. Stir in
broth, scraping any
brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
Bring to a boil, reduce
heat to low, cover and
simmer until most of the
liquid has been

Cover with foil and bake
in preheated oven for 45
minutes. Remove foil
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Anaheim Ducks
Much of the excitement comes
from young blue-liners Cam
Fowler and Luca Sbisa to go
with rearguard Lubomir
Visnovsky, who is coming off a
68-point season. Getting goalie
Jonas Hiller back should also
be a plus. Perhaps the best
news was that 41-year-old
Teemu Selanne is back.

Quoted

Roberto Luongo rides a stationary bike on the opening day of training camp last month.

“It’s great for
the fans to show
such great
appreciation for
your play on the
ice and what you
do off the ice. It
makes you feel
good, gives you
an extra boost
and it makes you
just want to win
that much more.
That can only
help in the wins
and loss
column.”
THIRD-YEAR JETS FORWARD
EVANDER KANE ON THE
ATMOSPHERE IN WINNIPEG

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Canucks anxious to begin journey back to the Stanley Cup final
A short summer that
seemed to last forever is finally over for the Vancouver Canucks.
The Canucks open their
NHL season against the
Pittsburgh
Penguins
tonight. It’s the first step in
what the Canucks hope is
another long journey to
the Stanley Cup final.
“It feels good,” said captain Henrik Sedin. “You
can only practise so long.”
Goaltender Roberto Luongo said losing last year’s
final in seven games to the
Boston Bruins taught the
Canucks some valuable lessons.
“We have gained a lot of
experience,” said Luongo.
“We went through a lot
the last season.
“We can use that as far
as experience goes to grow
as a team and grow individually.”
Getting over the frustra-

“The experience we went through last
year has made us better.”
CANUCKS COACH ALAIN VIGNEAULT

tion and disappointment
of losing the cup hasn’t
been easy. Sedin said it’s a
scar that might never totally heal.
“I don’t think it’s gone
but you have to focus on
this year,” he said. “If it’s in
the back of your head a little bit, that’s a good thing.
“Other than that, you
have to move forward.”
Vancouver faces a Pittsburgh team that will start
the season without former
league MVP Sidney Crosby,
who hasn’t played since
Jan. 5 due to concussion
problems.
Crosby is travelling with
the Penguins and practised
with his teammates yesterday. He has not been
cleared for contact in practice and doesn’t know

when he will play again.
“I felt good,” he said. “I
have been feeling good the
last few weeks.
“I am happy with the
way things have gone.”
The Penguins will still
ice a squad that features
Evgeni Malkin, Jordan
Staal and goaltender MarcAndre Fleury.
“Nobody
underestimates them, even missing
Crosby,” said Cody Hodgson, the former first-round
draft pick who will start
the season centring Vancouver’s second line.
“They have a lot of highend talent. We have to be
at our best to beat them.”
Malkin said the game
will be a great early test for
the Penguins.
“Vancouver is a great

team, a tough team,” said
Malkin, who missed a large
hunk of last season with a
knee injury.
“They have tough defencemen and a great
goalie. We have a good
team too. Tomorrow I
think will be a good game.”
The Canucks hope to
take a page from the Penguins’ history.
Pittsburgh lost to the
Detroit Red Wings in the
2008 Stanley Cup final.
The Penguins battled back
to the final in 2009, beating the Red Wings for the
cup.
The last team before
Pittsburgh to lose in a final, then return to win the
next year, was the Edmonton Oilers. They lost to the
New York Islanders in 1983
before beating the Islanders in 1984 for Edmonton’s first Stanley Cup.
THE CANADIAN PRESS

Dallas Stars
Centre Brad Richards is gone
and replacing the free agent’s
77 points will be a challenge. It
makes Mike Ribeiro a first-line
centre for the first time.
There’s extra support from
Loui Eriksson and Brenden
Morrow. They’ll look for a step
forward from 22-goal man
Jamie Benn.

Nashville Predators
Goaltender Pekka Rinne and
the first-rate defence pair of
Shea Weber and Ryan Suter,
along with savvy coach Barry
Trotz, took the Preds to the second round for the first time last
spring. They have to try it again
with top scorers Sergei Kostitsyn and Martin Erat, who each
had only 50 points.

Although he had back trouble
in camp, captain Jarome Iginla
showed last season he is not
slowing with age with a 43goal, 86-point season. He will
team again with Alex Tanguay
and perhaps prospect Mikael
Backlund or veteran Olli Jokinen on the Flames’ top line.

Salary cap woes prompted a
rebuild after their 2010 cup victory and the Hawks look ready
to challenge again. The core of
Jonathan Teows, Patrick Kane,
Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa up front remains. Added this
summer was tons of toughness
in Jamal Mayers, Sean O’Donnell and Dan Carcillo.

It’s all about youth, starting
with centre Matt Duchene who
led the team with 67 points.
Now top-pick Gabriel
Landeskog is in the picture. It
points to a bright future, especially with Paul Stastny and
veteran Milan Hejduk to add
offence. Goaltending remains
a question mark.

The arrival of Jeff Carter from
Philadelphia could make a potent top-line with Rick Nash,
and when new rearguard
James Wisniewski finishes
serving an eight-game suspension, it could make for a solid
power play. Much will depend
on unproven secondary scoring.

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Detroit Red Wings

Edmonton Oilers

Los Angeles Kings

Minnesota Wild

Stalwarts Kris Draper, Brian
Rafalski and Chris Osgood are
gone and Niklas Lidstrom
turned 41 in April. But there is a
reason they have not missed
the playoffs since 1990 — their
ability to renew themselves.
Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik
Zetterberg remain, with a fresh
crop of youngsters.

The ever-popular Ryan Smyth
is back and his experience
should be a boost to all the
young talent the Oilers have
amassed. No. 1 draft pick
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins joins
2010 top pick Taylor Hall,
Magnus Paajarvi, Jordan Eberle and Linus Omark. The
future looks bright.

The signing of star defenceman
Drew Doughty to an eight-year
contract should send an
improving Kings team into the
season on a high. The acquisitions of two-way centre Mike
Richards and sniper Simon
Gagne adds to a potent group
including Anze Kopitar, Dustin
Brown and Dustin Penner.

Bold moves were made to
land Dany Heatley and Devin
Setoguchi from San Jose, but
it cost Brent Burns and Martin
Havlat, the team’s co-leader
in scoring with 62 points.
Rearguard Cam Barker is also
gone. The power play could
improve with new wingers for
star centre Mikko Koivu.

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Phoenix Coyotes

San Jose Sharks

St. Louis Blues

Vancouver Canucks

Goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov has
gone to Philadelphia and it will
be Mike Smith in goal. It’s not
good news for a team whose
best goal-scorer was veteran
Shane Doan with 20. The good
news was that Keith Yandle
took another step toward becoming an elite defenceman.

The Sharks have had a
maddening run of playoff disappointment, including losses
in three conference finals, despite amassing 100 or more
points in six of the last seven
seasons. Acquiring Brent Burns
and playmaker Martin Havlat
bolsters their defence without
giving up too much on attack.

The Blues will see how much
veterans Jason Arnott and
Jamie Langenbrunner have
left after adding their experience to a young roster. The
defence duo of Kevin
Shattenkirk and Alex
Pietrangelo is a source of optimism, and they know goalie
Jaroslav Halak will be great.

The most significant piece
gone from last season’s first
overall team is Christian
Ehrhoff, their top scoring defenceman with 50 points.
They still have size, skill and
depth up front and remain
one of the NHL’s best — on
paper.
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The best story over the summer was
undoubtedly the league’s decision to
return a team to Winnipeg after 15 years.
The Manitoba capital has been bursting
with excitement ever since, making the
Jets a sentimental favourite. Can the
enthusiasm carry them to the playoffs?
The tragic death of three enforcers over
the summer prompted some to raise the
age-old question about whether fighting
still belongs in the sport. While totally
banning fighting still seems a long way
off, the general managers are bound to
dissect the issue again when they sit
down together this season.
Two teams garnering a lot of pre-season
Stanley Cup hype are San Jose and Washington. Sound familiar? Both franchises
have been seen as powerhouses in recent
years, only to fall short in the playoffs.
Teemu Selanne and Jaromir Jagr seem
like stars from a bygone era, but both remain active in the NHL. Selanne is
coming off an amazing 80-point season
with Anaheim while Jagr signed with
Philadelphia after three years in the KHL.
Can they continue to turn back the clock
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Spotlight shining brighter than ever
All at key turning points in their careers, here are five NHLers surrounded by intrigue going into 2011-12
No one is pumping
Roberto Luongo’s tires
now.
The Vancouver
Canucks goalie was the
most talked about — and
skewered — player
during a Stanley Cup
final run that ended in
disappointment and riots
when he fell flat through
seven games against the
Boston Bruins.
Four months later, Luongo finds himself back
in the spotlight — will he
be the player who earns
Vezina Trophy consideration during the regular
season or the one who
endured some struggles
in the playoffs?
With the 2011-12 season set to get underway
tonight, Vancouver’s
most enigmatic athlete
tops our list of five players to watch this year:

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Roberto Luongo

Drew Doughty

Tomas Vokoun

Jarome Iginla

Jaromir Jagr

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

LOS ANGELES KINGS

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

CALGARY FLAMES

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

Adding intrigue to Luongo’s situation is the fact
he has arguably the most
capable backup in the
league. Many believe Cory
Schneider is good enough
to be a No. 1 man and the
Canucks intend to give
him more than the 25 appearances he received last
year. If Luongo struggles,
it could be a lot more.

The smooth-skating defenceman finally got a big
contract out of the Kings,
but now he’ll have to earn
it. The $56-million US
man is the highest-paid
member of a team expected to challenge for a
championship and will be
playing catch up after
missing
almost
two
weeks of training camp.

Expectations are even
higher than normal in
D.C., where the veteran
Czech goalie signed a bargain $1.5-million deal for
the chance to play for a
Stanley Cup. The 35-yearold has consistently been
one of the league’s better
goaltenders but has yet to
win a playoff series.

The Flames captain has
played all 82 games in fiveof-six seasons since the
lockout, but was hampered by back spasms during training camp. So far,
Iginla hasn’t shown many
signs of age (he had 43
goals and 86 points last
year) — can he fend off Father Time for another season?

About the only guarantee
that can be made about
Jagr’s return to the NHL is
that he’ll finally hit the
1,600-point barrier. Jagr
needs just one more point
to do it. But after three
years in Russia, and at age
39, it’s anyone’s guess
what the five-time scoring
champion has left.

It’s Game Time!
45% of Metropolitans are your red-blooded Canadian
hockey fans – 15% of those are the ones you’ll see
screaming at the TV or at ice-level wearing jerseys and
body paint!

87% root for their home team
PRE-GAME RITUALS?
Here’s what some of you do before the puck drops:
“Call my dad”
“Kiss my miniature Stanley Cup”
“Wear my team’s jersey”
“Pray”
“Grab beer and nachos”
“Study stats”
“Put on my lucky socks”

X

Which Canadian city should be next
in line for a new NHL team?
Quebec City 33%
Hamilton
32%
Toronto
19%
Other
17%

Do you think the Canucks will make it back to the
Stanley Cup final?
Yes 51%
No 49%

No
23%
Yes
33%

X

Here’s what hockey-driven-Metropolitans have
to say about the upcoming NHL season.

Is fighting an essential part of the NHL?
Yes, it’s part of the game
40%
No, we have the UFC for that 60%

Has Gary Bettman been a good ambassador for the NHL?
Yes 18%
Not in Canada 45%
Not Anywhere 37%
Who do you think will win the Stanley Cup?
Vancouver
Toronto
%
Montreal

16%

9

8%

61%

think 3 or 4 Canadian teams will
make it to the playoffs this season

X

X

X

X

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No return for Crosby at site of golden goal
GENE J. PUSKAR/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former MVP skated with
teammates but won’t be in the
lineup today against the Canucks

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It didn’t match the thrill of
his golden moment, but
simply practising at Rogers
Arena with his teammates
was another small victory
in Sidney Crosby’s long
road back to the NHL.
The Penguins captain,
who hasn’t played a game
since suffering a concussion
Jan. 5, skated with his Pittsburgh teammates yesterday. The former league
MVP still doesn’t know
when he will be cleared for
game action.
“It’s a day at a time,”
Crosby said with a smile,
sweat dripping off his face
after another practice that
didn’t include contact
drills. “I don’t think I’ve
ever appreciated just being
able to do this every day as
much as lately because for a
long time I wasn’t able to.

“You just get up every
day and try and go as hard
as you can and hope you
feel good. For me the last
few weeks have been great.
No complaints.”
The last time Crosby
played a hockey game in
Vancouver, he scored the
overtime goal in Canada’s
gold-medal victory against
the United States at the
2010 Winter Olympics.
The happy memories
wrapped
themselves
around Crosby like a blanket when he stepped on the
Rogers Arena ice yesterday.
“It’s full of great memories,” said the 24-year-old
from Cole Harbour, N.S.
“It’s pretty easy for that to
creep back into your head.”
Crosby isn’t expected to
play in Pittsburgh’s threegame swing through Van-

Sidney Crosby listens
to his coach at the
Penguins’ ﬁrst team
workout last month.

couver, Calgary and Edmonton. He’s disappointed
about missing the seasonopener but believes he’s on
the road to recovery.
“When you’ve gone

through something for this
long ... you appreciate the
little victories and having
the opportunity to just go
out and go as hard as you
can and feel good,” he said.

Crosby skated the whole
practice, was fast on his
feet and handled the puck
well.
He shrugged when asked
if he sees a light at the end

of the dark tunnel he’s
been travelling through.
“It’s a day at a time,”
Crosby said. “I know it’s a
cliché.
THE CANADIAN PRESS

David Freese homered, doubled and drove in four runs
as the St. Louis Cardinals
tagged Roy Oswalt and beat
the Philadelphia Phillies 53 last night, forcing a deciding fifth game in their NL
division series.
Edwin Jackson recovered
from a rocky beginning to
win his first playoff start
with six solid innings.
Albert Pujols was hitless
in four at-bats in what
could have been his final
home game with the Cardinals. He received thunderous cheers every trip to the
plate from a standing room
crowd of 47,071, secondlargest at six-year-old Busch
Stadium.
Roy Halladay, the Game
1 winner, will face St. Louis
ace Chris Carpenter on tomorrow night in Philadelphia. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Late game
The Arizona
Diamondbacks beat the
Brewers 10-6 in the other
NLDS to force Game 5 tomorrow afternoon in Milwaukee.

Boston Bruins

Florida Panthers

New York Islanders

Philadelphia Flyers

Toronto Maple Leafs

There were no significant roster changes to the team that
lifted the Stanley Cup in June,
but the Bruins face pretty
long odds of repeating that
feat. The challenge might be
toughest for Tim Thomas,
who is coming off one of the
finest seasons by a goaltender
in league history.

Needing to spend money to
get to the salary floor, general
manager Dale Tallon
completely overhauled his roster this summer. With as many
as 10 new players in the lineup, one of the biggest
challenges for new coach
Kevin Dineen will be getting
his team on the same page.

Life seems to be looking up a
bit on Long Island, where John
Tavares heads into his third
NHL season poised to take another step ahead. He leads an
intriguing group of young forwards that includes Michael
Grabner and rookie Nino
Niederreiter. Defenceman
Mark Streit will also be back.

While the expensive acquisition of Ilya Bryzgalov gives
Philadelphia the top-flight
goaltending it has been missing, the team is going to take
a step back offensively without Mike Richards and Jeff
Carter — unless Jaromir Jagr
can magically turn back the
clock.

They should be in the playoff
mix if James Reimer plays as
well as he did last season
when the unheralded goalie
claimed the No. 1 job in the
second half. Brian Burke
thinks his team will be as
good as any defensively, but
it’s unclear if there’s enough
talent up front to fill the net.

Buﬀalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens

New York Rangers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Washington Capitals

After buying the Sabres earlier
this year, Terry Pegula just kept
on writing cheques. The team
was a big spender over the
summer, acquiring Ville Leino,
Robyn Regehr and Christian
Ehrhoff. There are no glaring
holes in this Sabres team, especially if Ryan Miller returns to
Vezina Trophy form.

The Habs find themselves on
the playoff bubble once again.
With Roman Hamrlik departed
for Washington and Andrei
Markov still fighting injuries,
questions remain on the blueline. Fortunately, goaltender
Carey Price is coming off his
best season and has shown he
can shoulder the load.

Brad Richards is set to take
Broadway by storm, giving
the Rangers the kind of playmaking centre they’ve lacked.
He’s reunited with coach John
Tortorella — they won a Stanley Cup together in Tampa —
and should have a major impact.

Pittsburgh finished with 106
points despite playing large
chunks of last season without
Evgeni Malkin and Sidney
Crosby and should remain
among the NHL’s elite, particularly if it has better luck on
the health front. This could be
a serious Stanley Cup
contender.

The top team in the
conference two years running
added to its arsenal in the offseason. Tomas Vokoun’s
arrival gives the Caps a
proven veteran in goal and
was accompanied with the
additions of veterans Roman
Hamrlik, Joel Ward and Troy
Brouwer.

Carolina Hurricanes

New Jersey Devils

Ottawa Senators

Tampa Bay Lightning

Winnipeg Jets

Expect them to be in the hunt
for a playoff spot again. General manager Jim Rutherford
— an excellent bargain hunter
— bolstered his lineup with
veterans Tomas Kaberle, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Anthony
Stewart and Brian Boucher
over the summer.

The Devils were arguably the
NHL’s best team in the second
half of last year despite falling
short of the post-season for
the first time since 1996. New
Jersey should rebound with a
healthy Zach Parise back in the
lineup and the addition of impressive rookie defenceman
Adam Larsson.

There’s bound to be some
growing pains with a rebuilding project that started midway through last season. A
number of young players are
being asked to fill roles under
new coach Paul MacLean,
complementing the handful
of remaining veterans.

Steve Yzerman’s team should
be more than capable of handling heightened expectations
with Steven Stamkos, Marty St.
Louis and Vincent Lecavalier
flanked by a capable group of
defencemen. No. 1 goaltender
Dwayne Roloson turns 42, but
showed no signs of slowing
down in the playoffs.

For all intents and purpose,
this is the same group of players that finished 12th in the
Eastern Conference as the Atlanta Thrashers a year ago. It’s
going to take some time for
general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff to turn this into a playoff team.

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